Wrestling | 11/3/2016 9:48:00 PM
SAN LUIS OBISPO-- Four San Francisco State grapplers split their two matches in the Gators' opening duals of the 2016-17 in San Luis Obispo.
Matt Gamble and
Nathan Cervantez each recorded their first victory in the Purple and Gold while
Johnathon Costa and
Joshua Weinberg each recorded victories in the non-conference duals.
The San Francisco State Gators started their 2016-17 season in San Luis Obispo today wrestling two non-conference against Division I opponents. The Gators opened up with a 36-7 loss to Pac-12 member, Cal Poly.
The Gators took a 7-0 lead after the first two matches of the dual.
Matt Gamble picked up his first win as a Gator with a 9-5 decision over the Mustangs' David Gonzalez. The sophomore transfer recorded the final five points of the match to record the 9-5 victory at 125. Cervantez controlled the entire match taking a 6-0 lead after the first period as he went on to take a 17-9 major decision victory over Cal Poly's Yoshi Funakoshi to give the Gators a 7-0 lead.
The Mustangs won the next five matches either by major decision, fall or technical fall to take a 23-7 lead. At 184, the match was 4-2 after the first period with the Gators'
Morris Wilner trailing Cal Poly's Sohrab Movahedi. The Mustang took the second period 4-2 to take an 8-3 lead heading into the final period. In the third period, Movahedi recorded a reversal and riding time while Wilner had an escape as the Mustang prevailed 11-4. Cal Poly won the final two matches by major decision and fall to take the dual 36-7.
San Francisco State fell 39-7 to the No 27 Indiana Hoosiers as two Gator grapplers picked up their first wins of the season in
Joshua Weinberg (141) and
Johnathon Costa (197). Weinberg won by a 4-3 decision over Tommy Cash. The graduate student was down 3-1 heading into the final period when he scored an escape and a takedown to take the match 4-3. Costa was also down heading into the third period, 2-1, but recorded an escape, takedown, four-point near fall and earned riding time to take the 10-2 major decision.
The nationally ranked Hoosiers opened up the dual with a 12-4 major decision win by No. 16/17 Elijah Oliver over Gamble at 125. Indiana increased its lead to 7-0 with a 9-3 decision at 133 by Garrett People over Cervantez. The Gators (0-2) got on the board with Weinberg's win at 141. The Hoosiers took a 33-3 lead after recording wins in the next five matches. The Gators'
Jesse Lyga almost recorded a win over Indiana's Gabe Koontz at 165, but Koontz scored four points in the final period to take the bout 4-0. The Gators recorded their next win with Costa's major decision at 197. The Hoosiers recorded a win by fall at 285 to take the dual 39-7.
Later in the evening, Cal Poly defeated Indiana 19-18 as the Mustangs on the tie-breaker with more individual matches won (6-4).
The Gators will return to the mat this Saturday, November 5 at 11am, when they host the 41
st Annual Purple/Gold/Alumni Scrimmage. San Francisco State will also host the 49
th Annual SFSU CC/College Open this Sunday, November 6 beginning at 9am at The Swamp at The Don Nasser Family Plaza.
CAL POLY 36, SAN FRANCISCO STATE 7 SFSU CP
125
Matt Gamble (SFSU) won by 9-5 dec over David Gonzalez (CP) 3 0
133
Nathan Cervantez (SFSU) won by 17-9 MD over Yoshi Funakoshi (CP) 7 0
141 Colton Schilling (CP) won by fall (1:22) over
Joshua Weinberg (SFSU) 7 6
149 Joshua Cortez (CP) won by 13-3 MD over
Dylan Furtado (SFSU) 7 10
157 Colt Shorts (CP) won by 12-1 MD over
Romeo Medina (SFSU) 7 14
165 Luke Wilson (CP) won by 20-3 TF (5:44) over
Jesse Lyga (SFSU) 7 19
174 Travis Berridge (CP) won by 13-5 MD over
Mike Marshall (SFSU) 7 23
184 Sohrab Movahedi (CP) won by 11-4 dec. over
Morris Wilner (SFSU) 7 26
197 JT Goodwin (CP) won by 11-2 MD over
Johnathon Costa (SFSU) 7 30
285 Spencer Empey (CP) won by fall (2:32) over
Ricardo Jaramillo (SFSU) 7 36
NO. 27 INDIANA 39, SAN FRANCISCO STATE 7 SFSU IU
125 No. 16/17 Elijah Oliver (IU) won by 12-4 MD over
Matt Gamble (SFSU) 0 4
133 Garrett People (IU) won by 9-3 dec. over
Nathan Cervantez (SFSU) 0 7
141
Joshua Weinberg (SFSU) won by 4-3 dec. over Tommy Cash (IU) 3 7
149 Luke Blanton (IU) won by 16-0 TF over
Dylan Furtado (SFSU) 3 12
157 Jake Damishek (IU) won by fall (4:13) over
Romeo Medina (SFSU) 3 18
165 Gabe Koontz (IU) won by 4-0 dec. over
Jesse Lyga (SFSU) 3 21
174 Devin Skatzka (IU) won by fall (3:39) over
Mike Marshall (SFSU) 3 27
184 No. 5/4 Nathan Jackson (IU) won by fall (5:28) over
Mitchell Owens (SFSU) 3 33
197
Johnathon Costa (SFSU) won by 10-2 MD over Jake Hinz (IU) 7 33
285 Fletcher Miller (IU) won by fall (0:39) over
Ricardo Jaramillo (SFSU) 7 39
No.= nationally ranked in national polls.
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